31975R1137

1 . 5 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 112/41

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1137/75 OF THE COMMISSION

of 30 April 1975

fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas exports of these products to certain destina­ COMMUNITIES, tions cannot be routed through the Suez Canal and whereas the consequent detour via the Cape of Good Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Hope entails additional transport costs ; whereas the Economic Community ; refund can therefore be justifiably increased where Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No exports have to be transported via the latter route ; 1035/72 (') of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­ Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last refunds should be calculated on the following basis : amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and in particular Article 30 (4) thereof ; — in the case of currencies which are maintained in relation to each other, at any given moment, Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Committee ; within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on their effective parity ; Whereas Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the provides that, to the extent necessary to allow econom­ arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each ically significant quantities to be exported, the differ­ of these currencies recorded for a given period, in ence between prices in international trade and prices relation to the Community currencies referred to in the Community for the products referred to in that in the previous subparagraph ; Article may be covered by an export refund ; Whereas it follows from applying these rules and Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No criteria to the present situation on the market of the 2518 /69 (3) of 9 December 1969 laying down general prospective development of this situation , and in parti­ rules for granting export refunds on fruit and vegeta­ cular to quotations and prices for fruit and vegetables bles and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds in the Community and in international trade that the as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2455/72 (4 ) refund should be fixed as indicated below ; provides that, when refunds are being fixed, account must be taken of the current situation or foreseeable Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation developments with regard to prices and availabilities are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ of fruit and vegetables on the Community market on ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, the one hand and prices in international trade on the other ; whereas account must also be taken of the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : costs indicated in (b) of that Article and of the economic aspects of the proposed exports ;

Article 1 Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2518 /69, when prices on the Community market 1 . The export refunds on fruit and vegetables are are being determined account must be taken of the hereby fixed at the amounts indicated in the Annex. prices which are most favourable from the exportation point of view ; whereas, when prices in international 2. If apples are shipped to their destination via the trade are being determined, the prices and quotations Cape of Good Hope, the amount indicated in the referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article must be Annex shall be increased by 4 u.a./ lOO kg. taken into account ;

3 . The provisions of Article 4 ( 1 ) (b) of Commission Whereas the situation with regard to international trade or the specific requirements of certain markets Regulation No 1041 / 67/ EEC (') of 21 December 1967 may make it necessary to vary , the refund for a given on detailed rules for the application of export refunds on products subject to a single price system , as last product according to the destination of that product ; amended by Regulation (EEC) No 211 0/74 (2), shall Whereas sweet fresh oranges, fresh lemons and apples apply to exports of sweet oranges, unshelled walnuts of the common quality standards ' Extra' Class, Class 1 and apples set out in the Annex . and Class II , ' Extra' Class and Class I hothouse grapes, shelled hazelnuts, and shelled walnuts may at present A rtich■ 2 be exported in economically significant quantities ;

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1975 . (') OJ No L 1 18 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 . (') OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p . 147. (3 ) Oj No L 318 , 18 . 12 . 1969 , p. 17 . (') OJ No 314, 23 . 12. 1967, p. 9 . Y) OJ No L 266, 25 . 11 . 1972, p. 7 . (-) OJ No L 220 , 10 . 8 . 1974, p . 1 .

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 30 April 1975.

For the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission

1 . 5 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 112/43

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 30 April 1975 fixing the export refunds on fruit and vegetables

(u.a. /100 kg net)

CCT heading Description of goods Refund No

ex 08.02 A I Sweet fresh oranges : — of the varieties Biondo Comune and Sanguigno Comune ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II) 4-00 — of other varieties ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II) 6-00

ex 08.02 C Fresh lemons ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II )

for export to : — Countries or states with a planned economy in cen­ tral and eastern Europe 2-50 — Other destinations 1-44

ex 08.04 A I Table grapes (fresh, hothouse 'Extra Class' and Class I ) 16-00

ex 08.05 B Walnuts unshelled 8.00

ex 08.05 G Shelled hazelnuts 4-00

ex 08.06 A II Apples ('Extra' Class, Class I and Class II) other than cider apples : — for export to countries and territories of Africa (with the exception of South Africa), countries of the Arabian Peninsula, Syria, Iran, countries or states with a planned economy in central and eastern Europe, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Iceland, Sweden, Fin­ land , Norway and Austria 3-00 /